Fips
Legendary U-Boat Commander, 1915-1918
Published on 27. July 1999
156 pages
978-1-78383-487-7 (ISBN)
Description
Weuner FArbringer (Fips) became one of the most successful U-Boat commanders in WW1 through a blend of skill, daring and, by his own typically modest admission, sheer luck. This vivid memoir, never before published in English, makes compelling reading.This is an inspiring and chivalrous story; it is ironic then that, when finally sunk by the Royal Navy off the East Coast of England, Fips was machine-gunned in the water, contrary to repeated Government denials of such behaviour.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- Translator's Introduction
- Introduction
- I. My First Command
- 2. An Unpleasant Surprise on the English Coast
- 3. Friends in the Air
- 4. Commerce Warfare in Accordance with the Prize Regulations
- 5. Where is Leutnant Busse?
- 6. Hurricane at Forty Metres
- 7. "I've Just Got this Feeling I Ought to be Careful
- 8. Egg-Laying with UC-70
- 9. Lucky Voyage
- 10. Dover-Calais
- 11. Rammed!
- 12. Colsterdale
- Epilogue
- Index
